After a busy day, in the afternoon, the town was filled with firecrackers, which were firecrackers before the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner.

The Li family also gathered in the hall of the East House, at this time, there was an ancestral altar on the hall of the hall, and on the wall behind the ancestral altar hung four portraits of the Li family's ancestors, namely Li Yuejie's great-grandfather and great-grandmother, great-great-grandfather, great-great-grandmother.

Chinese New Year's Eve is to worship ancestors before dinner.

Mrs. Li wore a new straight-necked small-sleeved placket, a pleated long skirt underneath, and a black velvet cloak with a layer of gray hair on the head of the cape, which looked solemn and abnormal. As for the more expensive collar and big-sleeved gowns, ordinary women can't wear them.

And this body is Mrs. Li's most valuable outfit.

Although Li Laohan is a big man, he is already half a child, and he is also wearing a wide long coat with a round neck and green cloth straight at this time, and he is standing side by side with Mrs. Li wearing a square scarf, and he looks like he has added an atmosphere.

Of course, in normal times, ordinary civilians like this kind of square scarf cannot wear it, and civilians generally wear melon hats, turbans, and net scarves, but they can be an exception when worshipping ancestors, and there are no outsiders at this time.

The descendants of the Li family stood behind the two in order of generation and order, facing the portraits of their ancestors.

There are eight large dishes on the table. Chicken, duck and fish, bursts of aroma, the young ones who were tempted snorted directly, and their saliva came down, but after being glared at by Mrs. Li a few times, they followed the worship in a regular manner.

After a while, the worship was over.

Mrs. Li and Old Man Li went back to the house to change their short clothes and short coats, and after they returned, they began the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner. Rural people don't pay much attention to it, and they only care about a happy person during the New Year, so regardless of men and women, big or small, they all gathered around a table.

Sister Li Yue, as the eldest sister, started with her and began to toast Mrs. Li's son, Old Man Li, and her second uncle and aunt. The younger siblings below followed in turn. It's a pleasure to eat at a meal.

Only Sister Li Yue was eating Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, but she always supported one ear and listened to something.

"Sister Li Yue, what are you still thinking about having a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner?" Li Jinfeng and Sister Li Yue looked at each other and hated each other, so they buried each other at this time.

After listening to Li Jinfeng's words, Mrs. Li's eyes pierced Sister Li Yue.

"No, I just seem to hear the sound of horses' hooves outside, and I'm in a hurry." Sister Li Yue explained that the emperor's death will be announced on the evening of the 30th today, so that the new era name can be used on the first day of the Lunar New Year tomorrow.

"The sound of horses' hooves? It must be a family member who is in a hurry to come back for the New Year. Old man Li muttered.

"No, it looks like there's a bell." At this time, Second Uncle Li also heard it, and immediately got up, opened the door and looked out.

As soon as the door opened, the bell sounded more clearly, twelve rings, and there was still Yun Xin's crisp and transparent voice, as well as bursts of Buddha singing.

"Death knell? National mourning? Old man Li's face was solemn, and he also got up and walked outside, at this time, everyone from every household came out to look, and everyone had doubts and uneasiness on their faces.

Although Liuwa Town is a rural area, it is at the feet of the Son of Heaven after all, and some people of the older generation have heard such bells.

At this moment, the sound of a gong came from the town again, and the gong-like voice of the regular guard: "The emperor has died......

This sound stirred up a thousand waves......

"Quick, let's go to town." As soon as Mrs. Li pushed Li Er, the family went out of the house, stood outside the door, and saw that the neighbors around them were all running to the market in a panic, which was the place where the yamen notice was announced.

Li Er left in a hurry, and came back in a hurry, with a piece of white linen hanging from his hand: "Father, mother, it's true, the yamen notices have been posted, and there is a big seal of the yamen on them." ”

"Is it really dead?" Mrs. Li sighed, but it was not surprising that the emperor was said to be seventy years old, and looked at the piece of white linen hanging in Li's second-hand room, and asked strangely: "Where did you get that white linen cloth?" ”

"I bought it in the tailor Yao's ready-to-wear store in the town, this time the tailor Yao can send it, some time ago, others laughed at his housewife, this New Year's Eve to get some plain clothes, white silk, white linen, like a mourning, saying that she is an eight-goods, but now, only a while, his plain clothes in the ready-to-wear store, white silk and white linen are about to be sold out, and the price is twenty percent higher than the usual price, I finally grabbed such a piece." Li Er's mouth was quite sour and sour that he couldn't eat grapes.

"Then hurry up, use it when you need it, by the way, the red couplets and red lanterns at home have all been removed for me, and Jin Feng, your clothes, and the headdress and other things have also been changed for me back to the house." When Mrs. Li heard what the second child said, she also reacted. looked at Li Jinfeng's pink and yellow dress and the golden-winged headdress, and hurriedly waved his hand.

Saying that, she swept Sister Li Yue a few more, but Sister Li Yue already knew about it, Yao Niangzi was still breathed by her, and then the family was guarded, the sisters and brothers were all plain, there was nothing taboo, and Mrs. Li had nothing to say, just staring at Li Jinfeng.

As soon as she heard that she was asked to go back to the house to change her clothes, Li Jinfeng pouted depressedly, the clothes on her body were rare and tight, and it was a big New Year, so she complained a little: "This New Year, when will it ......?"

Before he finished speaking, he was tightly covered by Sister Li Yue on the side.

Although Sister Li Yue and the two sisters Li Jinfeng hate each other, these two are often the best to understand each other, Li Jinfeng pouted, and Sister Li Yue knew what she was going to say, it must be 'New Year's Day, when to die is not good, you have to come to harm ......people at this time'

But is that what can be said? It's outside the door again, and the surrounding mothers-in-law and aunts are standing outside the door to inquire, if this is called out, which troublesome mother-in-law is called out, then the Li family will be finished.

"Sister Li Yue, what are you doing, you want to suffocate me." Li Jinfeng finally broke free from Sister Li Yue's hand, and spat a few mouthfuls of foam.

"There are some things that I want to say, otherwise, it will kill people." Sister Li Yue glanced at her angrily and said.

"Hmph." Li Jinfeng is not a fool, as soon as he remembered the words he almost blurted out just now, his back was also cold, but he didn't want to fall low in front of Sister Li Yue, so he snorted and turned around and went back to the house to change clothes

Mrs. Li's eyes scraped her like a knife. Then he glanced at Sister Li Yue: "Well, it's a bit like a big sister." ”

As she spoke, Mrs. Li turned to look at Fang's again, looking at the pleated skirt with red and red stripes on her body, which was also a little glamorous, and said, "You also go back to the house and change your skirt." ”

Fang Shi called this sudden incident a little masterless, and at this time he quickly nodded and hurried back to the house.

Second Uncle Li and Li Laohan tore the red couplet that had just been pasted outside the door, then replaced the red lantern on the door, returned to the house and took two white lanterns to hang up, which were used by Li Xianggong when he died, and they were used just right now.

When everything is cleaned up, it is almost time, and it is time to connect the heavens and the earth, and firecrackers cannot be set off, but the sacrifices and worships must not be less.

After receiving the heaven and earth, the juniors will pay New Year's greetings to the elders, and receive red envelopes after the New Year's greetings.

"Grandpa and grandma, second uncle and second aunt, happy new year!" Sister Li Yue bowed to the New Year, and the number of courtesies she should have done was not bad at all. Mo Yi followed behind, and he also did the same.

"Take this red envelope, you also go back to rest, tonight is not the New Year's Eve, when I go back, I opened the red envelope, threw the red paper on the stove and burned it, Sister Yue should also check it carefully to see, what bright colors or taboo things have been cleaned up, don't go out if it's okay, don't move around in the past two days." Li Laohan said to Sister Li Yue.

"Well, let's go back then." Bowing again, Sister Li Yue took Mo Yi and the others back to the West House.

"Sister, I'll take a look." Back in the house, Yuejiaoer grabbed the red envelope first, opened it and saw that there were ten yuan, and screamed in surprise, and then snatched Yue'e's one, and when she opened it, it was also ten yuan, and even Xiaoyue Bao'er was also ten yuan.

couldn't help smiling and squinting: "Ha, grandma is bleeding a lot this year, didn't it cost three cents every year before?" ”

"Some of them will be collected, but you will talk a lot." Sister Li Yue knocked her forehead angrily.

Mo Yi and the others carefully put away the money, and then rolled up the red paper and threw it into the brazier on the side, which burned into ashes in a blink of an eye.

The sound of clouds and chimes continued throughout the night, and the sound of Buddha singing was even more continuous all night.

…………………… Thank you for the peace charm of Jun Ao, thank you for your support.